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Registry cleaners aren’t enough.
Yes, registry cleaners provide an essential repair of your PC. They can add speed, reliability, and better performance.
But because they only tackle one area of your computer, the chances are that you’ll be looking for another solution in a little while.
Just fixing the registry of your computer is like going to a hospital and having a doctor only check your blood pressure. It’s important, of course, but there’s a lot more than that to worry about!
The top five causes of a slow computer and error messages are:
- Windows registry problems
- Malware infections
- Full cache and history files
- Incorrect Windows settings
- Unnecessary programs running at startup and in the background
A registry cleaner can tackle the first. But what about the rest?
Malware:
Malicious software, or malware, is just another word for those nasty infections floating around the Internet.
Varieties include spyware, adware, Trojans, keyloggers, and many more.
Each of these has its own annoying mission: some blast pop-up ads at you, some spy on what you do online, some record your keystrokes, and still others get down to the business of downloading even more malware!
But the most dangerous of these are the ones that don’t annoy you. You never even see them, so you have no reason to worry. All the while they are spyware, spamming, and scamming.
No matter what they do, their goal is the same – they try to rip you off.
But that’s not all they do. These lousy little programs also drain your system resources, slow you down, and create many error messages. Think of it this way – if a criminal was robbing a bank, would he care that he was making more work for people and slowing down the service for other patrons? Of course not! He just want to get the money and get out.
The malware on your PC is the same way. It has side effects of its criminal behavior. Depending on your infection, you could see your Internet connection slow as molasses, your startup take ages, or watch the minutes go by as you try to accomplish everyday tasks.
Cache and history files:
Did you know that your computer makes a note of what you watch, where you go, and when you do it? When you take an action, you PC records it in a temp file, or a history file, or your web browser’s cache file. This makes it easy to track where you’ve been, and find popular files.
But this information can start to really stack up. When your history and cache files get too large, they can start to drag down performance. For example, emptying the Internet Explorer cache can often bring a significant improvement in browser speed.
Incorrect Windows settings:
Windows doesn’t make it easy. It’s got tweaks, options and settings to give you the best possible performance. But it hides them out of sight, buried deep in mysterious folders and Windows.
Options here can save disk space, improve performance and boost load speeds.
Unfortunately, the average user will never even see these options, let alone know which ones can help.
Some of the most important tweaks involve turning off hibernation, desktop search and prefetch, deleting old restore points, and so on.
Unnecessary programs:
Some programs you want active all the time: your anti-virus, your firewall and key Windows processes. These ones run constantly to let your PC operate normally, and ensure security.
But what about everything else?
The majority of computer users have at least three programs continually running on their PC that they don’t need. Often these programs will boot up automatically when Windows loads. These software programs eat up vital processing power when they load, and at every second while they are active.
What this means for you: programs that you don’t need are making your startup (boot) speed slower, and make your average computer performance weaker.
There are ways to control which items boot on startup by using the Scheduler in Windows Control Panel. However, not all items appear here – making it seem impossible to deactivate them.
